SAMANTHA, THANKS SO MUCH. THE RED CROSS IS ASSISTING THE FAMILY. A POLICE CRUISER ENDED UP WRECKED IN FRONT OF A FAMILY'S HOME IN NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY AFTER OFFICERS IS SAY A DRUNK DRIVER LED THEM ON A WILD CHASE. COURTNEY GILMORE JOINS US MORE ON HOW IT ALL STARTED. COURTNEY? Reporter: JENNIFER AND ANDY, SOME RESIDENTS TELL ME THEY HEARD THE CRASH AND IMMEDIATELY WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. OTHERS ALONG THE STREET SAY THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL THEY LOOKED OUTSIDE OF THEIR FRONT DOOR AND SAW POLICE BLOCKING THE STREET. WHEN WE MOVED HERE THIS WAS NOT A BUSY STREET. WHEN CHARLES AND HIS WIFE MAX SEEN MOVED INTO THE ENCHANTED NEIGHBORHOOD IN 1969 THEIR DAYS AND NIGHTS WERE EASY. RUSH HOUR WAS UNHEARD OF, SO WAS THE THREAT OF CRIME. BUT LAST NIGHT. MY NEIGHBOR CALLED ME AND SAID WHAT IS ALL THEM COP CARS IN YOUR YARD. HIS FRONT YARD BECAME THE CENTER OF AN INVESTIGATION AND END OF A HIGH-SPEED POLICE CHASE THAT STARTED SEVEN MILES AWAY OFF RANKIN NEAR ELLA. OFFICERS SAY THE MAN YOU SEE BOBBING HIS HEAD UP AND DOWN WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF HIS VEHICLE WHEN POLICE SPOTTED HIM SWERVING. WHEN AN OFFICER TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER HE RAN A RED LIGHT. LED THEM ON A 25-MINUTE CHASE NEAR CYPRESSWOOD. ONCE HE TURNED ONTO CYPRESSWOOD DEPUTIES WERE THERE FOR BACKUP. DURING THE PURSUIT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO DEPLOY SPIKE STRIPS AND DEFLATE THREE TIRES. THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THEY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INJURY. Reporter: ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS BEFORE THE SUSPECT STOPPED HE RAMMED INTO A PATROL CAR AND ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER DROVE INTO THE GRASS TO AVOID ANOTHER COLLISION. THE CAR HIT A TREE INSTEAD OF ANOTHER CAR. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPEN IFED THAT TREE HADN'T BEEN THERE? HE WOULD HAVE COME IN THE HOUSE. THEY WILL HAVE TO DIG UP THEIR FLOWER BED AND REPLACE SHRUBS BY THE 15-YEAR-OLD CRAPE MYRTLE ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE. THE MAN IS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND EVADING ARREST. THERE IS BEEN BREAK-INs. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE PATROL CAR. THERE WAS A PATROL CAR BEHIND ME. HE STOPPED ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN SEEING SEVERAL OFFICERS PATROL. THEY TELL ME THEY ARE GOING TO SEE IF HE IS INVOLVED IN BREAK-INS. COURTNEY GILMORE, KPRC "LOCAL 2". THANK YOU, COURTNEY.

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